After the stream it's clear to me that they've lost base. Not only to us but also amongst themselves. The legendary gem and greater rift situation is pissing me off the most. No xp system because? ? We can dictate how far we wanna go? Guess what slappy we're doing that now on the ptr due to how transparent the upgrade system has become. Nevermind trying to solve thunderstorm and jailer one shotting everyone.
I'll get maybe a month of casual play out of this patch. The seasonal legendaries don't tickle my fancy and I'm sure my clan and communities will fizzle out once they hit the one shot roadblock in GRs.
This might be the one case that I hope the masses complaining will steer the devs in the right way after release.
That's where toughness comes in. I see opportunity for a great balance in character building here, but I have not played PTR so......
Do you play HC? I'm curious if your statement is the typical Softcore disconnect with toughness requirements or is there a real serious and unmitigate-able incoming damage?
HC or SC it doesn't really matter. You can only get so much toughness and there are a handful of mechanics that always hit you at least once (Jailer and Thunderstorm are, by far, the biggest offenders although a split-second lapse in reaction time throws Frozen Pulse into the category too). You can only wear one immunity necklace at a time, meaning you'll either be at risk of being one-shotted by arcane damage or lightning damage (or maybe frost damage) when you eventually run into a monster with both affixes, or multiple elites.
Furthermore, GRs are timed, so you can't just stack toughness. You need to be able to kill with some efficiency otherwise you're just cockblocking yourself from a different direction.
I'll get maybe a month of casual play out of this patch. The seasonal legendaries don't tickle my fancy and I'm sure my clan and communities will fizzle out once they hit the one shot roadblock in GRs.
This might be the one case that I hope the masses complaining will steer the devs in the right way after release.
Furthermore, GRs are timed, so you can't just stack toughness. You need to be able to kill with some efficiency otherwise you're just cockblocking yourself from a different direction.